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Minimally invasive treatments of painful bone lesions: state of the art

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The role of the interventional radiology (IR) in the musculoskeletal system, and in particular in the bone, is a field of knowledge that is growing significantly in the last years with indications for treatment of both benign and malign lesions. In this paper, we review the state of the art of this application of the IR in the bone (bone metastasis and benign bone lesions) with discussion about all the techniques today used.

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  1. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Antonio Barile, Francesco Arrigoni, Luigi Zugaro & Carlo Masciocchi

  2. Department of Medicine and Health Science “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

    Marcello Zappia & Luca Brunese

  3. Department of Interventional Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l’Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France

    Roberto Luigi Cazzato, Julien Garnon & Afshin Gangi

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    Nitin Ramamurthy

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Barile, A., Arrigoni, F., Zugaro, L. et al. Minimally invasive treatments of painful bone lesions: state of the art. Med Oncol 34, 53 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12032-017-0909-2

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